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announcement of a date for further talks. for example, and no indication yet of a date when they would open embassies in each country. so those are a couple of the things to look for at 11:00 today when they have a news conference to tell us a little bit more about what was accomplished here if anything.

one sign jose that there might be progress here on the cuban side is this is a copy of the local news through the week they've note led the newspaper with the u.s. talks. today, though the u.s. talks is the lead story in the newspaper. the story all about how the cubans and united states can learn to live together even though they have different systems of government. that's a sign the state-run media, anyway thinks this is a story, jose. >> that's interesting. and now the representative of the united states is meeting with some activists as well as bloggers. what do we expect for the rest of the weekend? >> well they had breck fit this morning with some of the cuban distance. trying to get a list of exactly who over breakfast. also saw a lot of mealtime diplomacy. breakfast with the cuban dissidents and saw a cuban representative go to the home of the head of the u.s. intersection here and have

dinner with the american side nap is obviously a rare occurrence here in cuba. through the rest of the weekend we're thinking we'll see a press conference today and announcement of some progress made. what that is we don't know. and it's not clear what's going to happen after that. the u.s. side said going into this they were going to sort of keep it wide open and see what the cubans ask for and what they could get here. very flexible and not a whole lot of sense of what's coming next here. >> always a pleasure. thank you from havana. by the way, my colleague andrea mitchell will be the first to talk to the head of the u.s. delegation coming up at noon eastern time on "andrea mitchell reports." want to show you live pictures of riyadh, saudi arabia. this is after the king of that country died. it was announced yesterday. he'll be buried today, and saudi arabia has a new leader this morning, following the death of king abdullah. the u.s. ally in the region who had been in power for the last 20 years. king salman. abdullah's half brother, tweet

add message to the country shortly after taking power. he said i am asking god to help me serve the dear people and realize their dreams and protect our country. now, meanwhile, we've been watching a funeral literally fit for a king. the 90-year-old is being laid to rest in the capital of riyadh. president obama released a statement calling him a rages leader. vice president biden said he'll lead an american delegation to saudi arabia in the next couple of days. and nbc's foreign correspondent joins me this morning. eamon, the king had been a u.s. ally in the region. tell me about salman? >> reporter: good morning, jose. you could see from the picture there's in mecca the funeral as well as all of the people that turned out in the country in mourning really indicates to you how much the country right now is grieving but in terms of the succession saudi arabia has had this in the works for some time. the man who is now king of saudi arabia, king salman is one of the younger brothers of the original founders of saudi arabia. he has been one of the most

well-known individuals inside the kingdom dmkingdom. a true power broker. governor's riyadh the capital of saudi arabia close to 50 years. so he knows the royal family very well. it's a tribal system in that country. he's a person who has kind of risen aboss the fray so to speak, because of his ability to navigate those tribal relationships and those familiar relationships within that family, but more importantly he's an individual who's most likely going to continue the path that the late king abdullah took saudi arabia on. this was in the eyes of some in the kingdom, a very aggressive reform program. he tried to liberalize the economy a little tried to open it. also bit the country's first coed educational facility. they're critical it's not doing enough to reform the country, not making it more democratic or advancing women's rights in the

kingdom, but the challenge for king salman is certainly going to be security. on his southern border he has al qaeda in the arrayian peninsula that's a potent force. to the east the rise of isis and there are the issues surrounding the iranian nuclear talks. he'll be challenged quickly from the first day as the absolute monarch of saudi arabia. >> and eamon, last night i was speaking to actually a member of the saudi royal family who wanted to emphasize the fact that the crown prince had been in place you said a long time and they want to be very clear that the monarchy continues. this has all been decided, but the generation that salman is from is really running out. the question is the crown prince in the future? >> reporter: absolutely. this king and the new crown prince, these two individuals are effectively the last in line of the original saudi monarch. this is the king who founded saudi arabia. once their time is urpp if you will in the throne the real question and challenges as to

who from the grandchildren of the founder of saudi arabia will become the next king? and that is going to be the point when you start seeing some of the challenges emerge in the issue of succession in saudi arabia. >> eamon, a pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me this morning. and now to yemen where the president has resigned under pressure in that country along with his entire cabinet. we're pulling out the staff in the embassy. concerns yemen's entire government structure may be falling apart. why does this mat jer because instability in yemen benefits al qaeda. yemen's president supported u.s. drone strikes against al qaeda, but the rebels who forced him out do not. the senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. always a pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me. >> thank you. >> is this the end of yemen as we've known it? even though it's been in a very difficult situation for years? this is a new change. >> i don't they its the end of yemen as we know it. certainly the beginning of a whoa slew of questions what comes next for yemen and for a

lot of people from general odierno to former ud diplomatses question is can counterterrorism, it's policy work without continuering poverty and rule of law and corruption? which is part of what this opposition movement was talking about from the very start. the real issue right now is this huge amount of uncertainty that is introduced at the time when you have isis rising, and the whole discussion of iran and nuclear talks going on's this is exactly what the administration did not want. one more note of uncertainty, and an incredibly difficult time. talk to former u.s. diplomats and they talk how this whole question whether global architecture that was set up post-world war ii can handle a world really on fire and has any number of conflicts rising plus the rising decision of what's happening with al qaeda and the arabian peninsula and number of other offshoots plus the rise of isis. you'll see a huge dose of

uncertainty at a time when the world doesn't need more of it. >> gayle correct fee if i'm wrong. the battle in the arabian peninsula and now isis coming into the country as they seep that instability grow? >> the question is how many people can play in this? when the rising instability, and when you have a power vacuum. this is a place fairly easy to use for a lot of people who would like to do you know what the western united states consider malicious things. it's a question of the power vacuum, how big it's allowed to grow and what happens. who comes to use it to their advantage. >> and, gayle, i want to ask you about the japanese nationals held by isis. the deadline for paying that $200 million ransom has passed. do they expect to get that money soar this all for media consumption? >> you know, i think it's anybody's guess. this is a tragic play we've now seen play out over and over again. so far it has yet to have a very very -- an ending that is not incredible heartbreaking and

tragic. the japanese government actually doesn't know where the best information is coming from. there are far more questions than answers about who is asking for this money? where would it go? what is going to happen? and can you actually play into the hands of these terrorists? and i think that you know, the japanese government is an incredibly difficult position, with mothers speaking out this is my son you're about to execute. you must do something. >> gayle lemmon a pleasure. keeping a close eye on both situations going forward. but an uncertain weather weekend ahead as a winter storm moves up the atlantic coast again. a small shift in the storm's root could mean all the difference for folks in the northeast and elsewhere. nbc meteorologist bill karins has much more. what's in the forecast? good morning. >> good morning. who like as nice easy forecast? right? high wants one all snow? add to it. go snow to freezing rain to sleet. maybe to rainback to snow. in will do this. a messy night and morning. already watching snow break out

in central kentucky. mountains of north carolina snow breaking out and soon across virginia. timing is close for the washington, d.c. area for the evening commute, if you get sleet and snow right at the tail end of it. the path of the storm. classic nor'easter track. the thing missing, high pressure to the north that has a lot of cold air with it. temperatures marginal. not blockbuster totals or a crippling storm and racing fast. 10:00 p.m. d.c. over to probably freezing rain and maybe even all-out rain after a messy 6:00 to 10:00 and as we go through the night, heads up to new york city and philadelphia. about 2:00 a.m. and through early tomorrow morning into new england. how much snow are we talking? again, not a crippling storm. when all is said and done boston on the higher end. four to five maybe. one to two in philadelphia. new york city two or three. a lot of people doing scraping lifting of sloppy snow in new england come saturday morning. and another one behind it monday morning. going to do it all over again in

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u.s. and iranian officials are immediate meting in zurich holding talks on iran's nuclear program and at the same time the speaker of the house is raising the stakes at the white house whether to slap tehran with new sanctions in the future. to make his case about keeping pressure on iran boehner's got israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu coming to congress. the 3rd of march. with me now, chuck todd moderator of "meet the press." good to see you. >> nice to see you sir. >> what do you make of this back and forth between boehner and the president? does it change the white house strategy at all? >> i don't any it does. look, let's -- you can't -- remember what this is about. this is netanyahu needs this for his own political purposes at home. he has come under criticism at home for basically what is a fractured relationship personally between him and president obama. that is you know, obviously it is -- universal opinion, want to

have a great relationship with the united states. so there has been splintering of that a little bit as far as the israeli public is concerned about how well prime minister netanyahu handled the relationship with president obama. so you can't talk about this issue without dealing with that and i think in many ways, this was as much of a political attempt by netanyahu to get into america at an important moment in his re-election campaign than anything else. interesting to see. i've talked to some folk whose say netanyahu might not actually talk about the iran sanctions bill itself in front of congress. that he instead will spend his time talking about the great relationship with the united states talk about the dangers of iran. certainly his presence will sthaendsend that signal without actually talking about the increased sanctions bill or deal itself because that might be a step too far.

>> chuck, someone who is talking about it is new jersey senator bob menendez. what he had to say about that on wednesday. >> the more i hear from the administration and its quotes, the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of tehran. and it feeds to the iranian narrative of victimization, when they are the ones with original sin. and elicit nuclear weapons program going back over the course of 20 years, that they are unwilling to come clean on. >> that's very strong especially coming from a democrat, chuck? >> incredibly strong language and we know that senator menendez and president obama got into the it a little bit at the democratic senate retreat last week. i'm going to have denis mcdonough on the show sunday. that's going to be obviously to hear his response to menendez i've gotten plenty behind the scene responses from plenty of

white house aides. look this relationship with him is frayed for some time and you and i both know senator menendez not happy about the cuba decision, about iran. they're not seeing eye to eye on many things these days. >> yeah. talk about 2016. nbc confirmed this morning marco rubio hire add new finance director and is visiting some early voting states. how does this change things? >> i don't know if it changes anything. in florida politics, there's been some attempts from what i understand, from bush world and to reach out to rubio's world to try to see, you know, convince him not to run or at least to see if you know if he's interested in running for governor in '18, maybe help him with that. i think there's been outreach there. they're obviously pretty close, politically very close. personally not as close as the narrative is written there. but it goes to a larger point here. jeb bush's entrance has not done anything to clear the field.

it has actually only increased the amount of candidates in the field. mitt romney was sort of on the fence. jeb gets in. it now looks more like a candidate. marco rubio, on the fence. jeb bush gets in now marco rubio seemed determined to at least continue to test this proposition. one thing we do know. jeb bush has gotten nobody out of this race. >> interesting. what a -- we see sunday on your show? >> like i said from the white house, hear from the chief of staff, denis mcdonough. mike huckabee the last speaker with steve king. he'll be on our show on sunday be and kareem abdul-jabbar. talk about what it's like being muslim in america. wrote a provocative essay in "time" magazine and on the show to talk about that. >> look forward to seeing it every sunday. thanks, chuck. >> all right, brother. after the break, zoom through some of today's other top stories including the cause of that massive apartment fire in new jersey. we also have another major fire to tell you about this morning. this time in pennsylvania. seven alarms five buildings. the details in seconds. stay with me.

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two major fires in pennsylvania and new jersey and the ponda awards. zoom through some of today's top stories. several people rescued from major fire near pittsburgh, in the city of homestead. the fire quickly escalated to seven alarms. the flames spread to five buildings. two collapsed. at this point, though it doesn't appear anyone was hurt. of course keep you posted on any dwemplts there, but new jersey officials now say it was a maintenance worker using a blowtorch that accidentally started that massive fire in edgewater wednesday night. the police chief says the workers callinged the supervisor before calling 911. a total of 15 minutes went by before making that call. he added, the delay wasn't criminal in major. governor chris christie visited with victims of fire yesterday and asked whether it reminded him around the atmosphere around hurricane sandy. >> this is bad.

that was -- unthinkable. i feel awfully for the folks here, but here we have no loss of life. we couldn't have said that about sandy. and here we have a very contained area. where we can look to rebuild, when quickly and appropriately. >> christie said there will be an investigation to ensure the building met current fire codes. and it is awards season. not talking about emmys or oscars. today the giant panda zoo awards announced. can't wait. the award's presented to promote conservation and favorite panda outside of china and panda personality of 2014. some of the nominees from the u.s. include bao bao at the national zoo. bieun and leelee at the memphis zoo. we'll, of course, keep you posted on the winners. just minutes away from the opening bell on wall street where stocks are coming off a day of strong gains and cnbc's mandy drury is here with the market rundown. good morning.

>> good morning as well, jose. absolutely yesterday was a great day for the markets. as for futures today, not so bullish, at least with yesterday's gains, jose the benchmark s&p 500 and nasdaq got back into the black for the year so far. see what are we going to focus on now? the ecb. european central bank news out of the way and can focus.corporatenings the next few weeks and have seen u.s. companies beating on earning, better than the long-term average. companies beating on revenue? that's been lower than the long-term average. you probably also are wondering what's happening with oil. there was the death of the saudi arabian king abdullah. at this stage, probably won't have an impact on the country's oil policies as the new king is saying that they will maintain existing energy policies but we did see nonetheless, oil prices jump as an immediate reaction to the news of his death. it's kind of adding uncertainty to the market. that's what we're watching today. back to you. >> mandy drury, thank you. keeping a close eye on the opening bell as we do every day.

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upward but the stock for the new england patriots shaky this morning. the scandal out, deflate-gate threatening the legacy of the team and its star quarterback tom brady. we could hear from the nfl today investigating whether the team cheated in their blowout win against the colts on thursday. head coach bill belichick and qb tom brady both said they did nothing wrong. in the half hour press conference with millions of eyes on him the three-time super bowl champ insimpted he didn't alter any football in any way. >> i don't put any thought into the footballs after i choose them. you know when you're out there playing, you know in front of 70,000 people like a home crowd, you don't think about it. you're just reacting to the game. i don't sirn thinkcertainly think about the football. i think it's the one i approved

in the pregame. >> and live in foxborough, mass. good morning. >> i think it's safe to say the sports universe is still buzzing about this story, recognizing the super bowl played a week from sunday the most watched television event in u.s. history. that's the estimation by everybody. so tom brady already celebrated sort of the golden boy of the sport, bill belichick in good new england terms,s wicked genius coach. both under real scrutiny. skeptics not satisfied. as soon as brady spoke we heard from former nfl players. a former teams. mark brunell doesn't believe a thing tom brady is saying. he among others questioning the fact that brady says he didn't know the difference between the ball, the footballs he described as being perfect before the game and the footballing he used during the game they were reportedly under inflated. these quarterbacks say that is

simply not possible. another story line we're focusing on now and you punctuated the most important point today. when will we hear from the nfl? do they think they can wait it out until after the super bowl? they need this scandal like a hole in their head after the domestic violence case that marred most of the season. no investigate reached out to tom brady as of yesterday afternoon, he said what are intentions going foerpd and, frankly frankly, will anybody be punished? >> meanwhile, preparations for the big game continue. right? >> reporter: exactly right. patriots have practice today at 11:30. let us back in the locker room pepper other players we questions. i spoke to tom brady himself yesterday and everybody is standing by their man, of course. standing by this team. they are storied. their sixth super bowl visit under brady. you nodeted a three-time super bowl champion. the focus on the game but tough to avoid questions like this. a huge media day in phoenix.

tons of reporters back in the locker room again today. they leave for arizona on monday. and then the entire world turns its attention to the super bowl a week from sunday. >> peter good to see you. thanks for being with me. the next hour we'll speak to a former new england patriot about the scandal and get his thoughts and insight. another sport that can get pretty dirty, politics. even though we're a whole year away from the iowa caucuses all eyes on the hawkeye state tomorrow where top republicans including a slew of 2016 candidates gather for the freedom summit. not attending the conservative meeting, mitt romney and jeb bush. the freedom summit being hosted by congressman steve king whose anti-immigration stance was back in the spotlight this week when he calmed the dreamer who attended the state of thef tof the yoonunion a "deportable." >> words like deportable can hurt people like scott walker chris christie coming to your

summit? >> i don't think so. unless you make a big deal about it. be objective and have a sense of of humor. >> casey hunt in johnston iowa and amanda from new york. see you both and casey, start with you. what do we know about who is going and who of's not going to this summit? >> hey, jose. well, the people who are going, it's a laundry list of particularly the conservative candidates who are likely to compete hard here in iowa. that includes mike huckabee that includes scott walker. that includes rick perry, rick santorum. we do also have chris christie who is one of the major names on that list and he's actually been spending some time focused here in iowa. he came to terry branstad's birth party earlier and one iowa source said there are early indications he might be fighting harder in iowa than people expect, considering his background. jose, this is as you know been

ground zero for the immigration fight within the republican party. a lot of the things that they've had to deal with over time that maybe some in the national party regret, because ultimately it turned off hispanic voters happened here. this is where mitt romney declared during the 2012 campaign he would veto the dream act and then after the 2012 campaign, you remember rand paul was confronted while sitting with steve king by a dreamer and he sort of decided he would get up and walk away and not engage. so i think that the big question for a lot of these candidates is, if they're standing up on this stage that's being offered to them by steve king the republican congressman who's known for making inflammatory remarks on immigration, how they handle it and how it goes forward. this is going to be something that if they put their feet in the wrong place, we're going to see over and over again. >> amanda it's not going to be only presidential hopefuls at this event. you're reporting dreamers are also heading to iowa? >> exactly. many dreamer groups the takeaway

is quite simple. if republican presidential hopefuls want to succeed in 2016 stay far, far away from steve king. why many dreamers are heading to iowa for this weekend event and hope to face these hopefuls head-on and ask them steve king is known for his very controversial remarks. he once suggested that dreamers were drug mules who had "calvesf"calves the size of cantaloupes." they want to face him head-on and say, do you agree with steve king on these issues and if not tell us exactly where you stand on immigration? these dreamers will have logistical issues coming up for this weekend. this confab is already at capacity and there's a wait list of hundreds long and so it's unclear whether or not they will be able to get that type of face time with these notable republicans, but regardless we should expect some evicinityent this

weekend. >> thank you both. the house and senate are not in session today but a fight over immigration is looming while one lawmaker is on a campaign to educate undocumented immigrants about the president's executive action. representative luis gutierrez will be with me next and later on president obama goes viral sitting down for interviews with three youtube stars. ronan farrow talked with some of those stars and will be with me in the next hour. it's time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. when beth shizler's former co-owner warranted to leave their portland maine base she needed new blood for the business and found the perfect match in dawn and fran. together they've restructured the brand for future success. for more watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is

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illinois. pleasure to see you. >> good to see you, jose. >> first a new appointment by jeff sessions and his efforts? >> well let me just say, if the republican party wants to move forward as a national party, it has to stop thinking about simply the south. they got it. they seem to win there, be doing extremely well there. there is the rest of the united states of america, and they better have a vision and a manner in which they can approach the rest of the american population. and i don't think sessions is going to lead them there. you know sessions he's pretty secure in his position. and -- is that all you want? is to control the senate? and never have a national party again? i think that's the real question the republican be party has to ask itself. >> yeah and -- congressman, i mean, the fact is in order to be a national party even in the senate you do need to think about the future and the

growing size of the, you know latino population that votes. in the south. >> i couldn't agree with you more, because guess what? this next swing around when you want to control the senate -- there will be a presidential election. we happen to know whats in the upswing of voter participation, and the states that are going to be and so you're absolutely right, but i guess, look -- they might find a way and a strategy maybe, to keep the senate. maybe to keep the house, maybe to win locally. they'll never be a national party again and i think that's the real question they have to ask themselves. how are they going to move forward? >> and congressman, talk about it about moving forward, in the house of representatives. there were folks in the past there, in the republicans, that are no longer there, very loud and anti-immigration reform and there are still very powerful ones left including king. do you see any possibility that the folks in the house that are willing to speak to people

across the aisle, you're one of them can get something on immigration reform done? >> absolutely. look -- they think the way forward is a border security bill which they're going to be bringing up probably next week for a vote. because from their point of view, let's secure the border first. before we do anything on immigration reform. the sprob problem is that in order to secure that border you have to fix what is wrong and broken about the legal immigration system if you want control over the illegal immigration system. so look, jose they can do everything they want. the fact is that at jfk, at o'hare, at l.a.x. people are going to continue to come to this country, and they're going to continue to overstay their visas and we all know that 40% of the undocumented -- so come here legally to the united states and have nothing to do with the border. why this emphasis on the border when they know that of the 11

million, 5 million never crossed that border they came too this country legally and should know if they don't know i'm sure they do that especially at a particular moment where we have people can come from anywhere in europe, from france from belgium, sound familiar jose? from england, can come here to this country without a visa because that is the relationship we have with those countries. so i think we need to get and look at our ports of entry and exit, and we need to look at them all. the only way you really do that is by looking at the complete system. >> congressman tell me briefly about your education campaign that you're involved with across the country? >> well look. i have the national evangelical coalition, members of congress i don't want to say archdiocese here in chicago, doing a great job. catholics, evangelicals members of congress.

my shoppehope is i'm reaching across the aisle, some who voted against extreme measures to see if we can't put people first. i've got about 15 cities. next weekend, tomorrow in racine wisconsin. so everybody come on out to racine wisconsin activity and next weekend going to charlotte 5r7bd charleston and wrap it up here with a big activity in chicago and the following week we'll be in texas. texas, arizona, colorado across the country. blue states red states. guess what? undocumented immigrants who have american citizen children who want to get right with the law, living off of the states of the union. i've got to also get out, shout out to spokane, washington. a lot of people are out there getting ready. so all across the nation people are getting ready, and i want to make sure may 20th, that's the approximate date that applications will be ready for the moms and dads of american citizen children who want to get right with the law. >> and until that day comes, congressman, people do not get taken by other people who are

saying that they can, for a fee, get the paperwork done. it's not out there yet. >> yeah. that's an essential part of our message. but the other part and i've got to tell you this quickly, we had an activity in providence rhode island with congressman sicilini it was amazing to see heads of uscis, part of homeland security come before the audience and say, we want to help you fill out those applications. we didn't come here to ask you questions. we came here to answer your questions, and tell you how to facilitate your legalization. i think it's great to see a government that is replacing fear in a community with hope. >> congressman gutierrez, a pleasure. thanks. an update on the measles scare across the country. arizona now the sixth state to report a measles case linked to disney theme parks in california. five other states and mexico have cases connected to that same outbreak. this morning disney is monitoring about 100 colleagues

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be crowned in south florida, bringing the pageant back to the united states first time since 2012. several preliminary events have already been under way, including the popular costume show. what is that? i can't figure that one out. women show off the country's culture and history. thomas robertson, natalie morales the hosts. i am happy you're here with me today. >> so are we. nice to be in miami. >> this is the coolest thing. i think the set fits three people. we are at capacity. >> this is perfect, gorgeous. we need to figure out a way to stay, because it is so fun to be here. >> you guys are always welcome. talk about the pageant on sunday. big deal. you guys have done this before. different because it is in the states? >> yeah, i think so. >> we were in russia last year. >> natalie and i have not been paired together to do this before. it is exciting for us. i adore this woman. it will be great to be here in the u.s. and florida, what's not

to love about that. trump national is gorgeous at fiu and the arena there. the live audience will be spectacular. natalie knows from the fan perspective, the fans show up. >> it is fun. these girls are ambassadors for their country, so you actually get a lot of people live from home countries here. that stadium will be packed. you better believe the crowd gets into it. >> miami is the capital of latin america. >> yes, it is. >> we will have a lot of latin american fans. always some perennial favorites. >> columbia, brazil spain. >> we must say miss usa is fantastic. they had the prelims were spectacular. >> she had like hockey sticks or something. >> there you go.

>> as part of the headdress. >> wow, look at that. that was completely insane. like marie antoinette meets christina aguilera meets the entire toronto maple leafs. she was fantastic. that's part of this. i want to have this correct. we can vote on national costumes via twitter. fans, and i think miss canada already has the edge are going to be able to vote via twitter. she's a viral sensation. you put ten hockey sticks on your back you're a sensation. vote for national costume via twitter. and the great thing natalie and i see is the final question. this is the nerve wracking part. fans via facebook can submit a final question. one will be chosen -- >> who chooses that question? >> the judges will choose the one question. >> you judged? >> i did the final question one year.

i was the guy that said -- >> read the question. >> no, i interviewed them. that was the last time i did it once and never again. >> that's the most fascinating part. that's when they're most nervous and down to the final contestants. you see at that point all of the nerves and they're tough questions, they really put them on the spot. this year as part of miss universe it is much more geared towards social media. everybody gets a chance to pick one of the two final questions. then there will be a final question. >> double the anxiety. because there's two. >> all of the contestants will answer that same question that whoever puts out there on facebook. >> it is spectacular. we start rehearsals today. we get the run through of all of this. we will also be able to text you and tell you who is in the lead. >> don't mind putting that out there. >> don't gossip. if you sit next to me at dinner -- >> i can't thank you guys enough for coming on the show. you're so busy these days to

come here is wonderful. tell me about south florida. you have been here a lot, been able to enjoy it as well? >> got in late wednesday, had a quick turnaround to do way too early thursday morning. >> when did you sleep? >> i go to bed at 8:30 i get up at 3:00. >> you had time to get to know some of the contestants. >> i did. look i am in the same clothes i was yesterday. >> why? what happened? >> because i am lazy and have a full bottle of cologne. >> and he looks good in the suit. >> with the same clothes or not. >> more cologne you wear less you smell, wearing the same clothes. >> he does smell good. thank you guys for being with me. just great to see you. >> fantastic. thanks for having us. >> miss universe pageant owned by donald trump with nbc universal. if you want to see it, it is in

telemundo. maybe we should do the bilingual thing. >> thank you, guys. i love you both. thanks for being with me. >> love you too. as we take a turn on the rundown, mother nature dumps snow on places like texas and new mexico. and now the storm is heading east. south expected to get a lot of rain and biggest snowfall of the season headed for the northeast. i will have details of that. and more on deflate gate. talk with former new england patriots player dante stallworth. >> even though they beat the colts -- >> why don't you stay the rest of the hour. >> don't have much more left of the hour. hey! guess what day it is?? >>hump day! hummmp daaay! it's hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it is! hey! camel! guess what day it is! >>it's not even wednesday. let it go, phil.

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coming up the coast. weather channel chris warren and raegan midgie join us. >> reporter: the heavy rain like we are seeing on the gulf coast, biloxi mississippi, seeing rain most of the morning, also a severe weather side on interstate 10, into alabama and parts of georgia and florida, a better chance for some of the strong storms potentially dangerous, even a threat for tornadoes. eventually all of the rain will have more of what's a typical winter component to it as all of this moves that way. moves to the north, heads to the northeast. that's going to happen tonight, during the day tomorrow and tomorrow night. the northeast, including new england over the weekend needs to be on alert for the threat of snow. and in some cases could be several inches of snow. best chance for that is new england, and as far as big

cities go looking at a couple inches, possibly in some cases up to five inches. depends how this sets up. still have time to fine tune details, it is a bit of a tricky forecast to see who gets one or two inches nothing, or possibly several inches. you need to be on alert in the northeast for wintry weather. right now, jose rain and dangerous driving conditions in the southeast. >> let's go up north. raegan in new jersey. what's the forecast further north? >> of course my colleague chris warren says everybody has to be on alert. that's what's happening now, they're trying to figure out what today. alongside the new jersey turnpike and the corridor. this is going to change 24 hours from this point. the new jersey transportation officials say they were scrambling since yesterday, trying to figure out what they're going to do. as we said it is a finnick ee situation. if you head to boston i spoke with emergency officials there,

they said we're kind of monitoring at this point. let's head south, new york city. population of 8.4 million people. they're on high alert. they're going to be speaking with national weather service and two dozen agencies. within the city they're on that conference call deciding what to do to make sure roads are clear. head south to philadelphia i spoke with officials there, and penn dot they said -- i asked in light of last week's catastrophe on the roadways with all of the ice and unfortunately some killed in crashes, they said we are pretreating roads now. same in d.c. they're also starting to look at what to do to make sure roads are safe. back to you. >> thank you both for being with me this morning. now to what vanna, with the first high level talks in 40 years wrapping up. in this new video, the head of american delegation roberta jacobson met with some cuban dissidents this morning, a subject of contention between the two countries were raised

human rights also raised in south florida at a vigil for liberty, held by pro-cuban democracy groups yesterday. major take away from all of this overcoming trust. >> to overcome more than 50 years of years of mistrust. there are things we have to discuss before we can establish that relationship. >> let's head havana. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. we are learning more about who exactly was in that breakfast with the u.s. delegation this morning. including a couple members of the so-called ladies in white, the dissident group here in cuba. the women who are members of that group originally were married to those people who have been imprisoned here for political reasons, they have been marching prominent in the island of cuba against the

government, so they were meeting with the u.s. delegation today. also want to update you on what's going on in local media. we talked about what state run media is saying and also the catholic church media. they have a publication which put out an article online today in which they said both sides here need to get past some of the history and tension between cuba and the united states and do the right thing for both people. so that's seen as an encouraging sign on the ground and points to mediation role the catholic church played in all of this. obviously the pope was instrumental bringing the presidents of the two countries together late last year. now seeing the catholic church on the ground endorsing what's going on here. a lot of moving parts here. >> thanks very much. good to see you. today at noon eastern, live from havana andrea mitchell will talk with the two top diplomats at the table. have the first interview with u.s. assistant second of state

roberta jacobson and with the foreign minister, works in the foreign ministry. meeting with counterparts in switzerland, first of two days for talks closer to a deal on iran's nuclear program before the june 30 deadline. back in washington some lawmakers are running out of patience and trying to force the obama administration to take more aggressive actions against iran. nbc's kristin welker has much more from the white house. >> reporter: jose good morning to you. the obama administration has put chances of getting a deal on iran's nuclear program about 50%. still, president obama has been very firm. he thinks that any new legislation that would impose new sanctions could scuttle talks. but republicans and some democrats disagree. they say the threat of more sanctions should be on the table. the president in his state of the union vowed to veto any legislation that includes new

sanctions, so it is against that backdrop that a controversy is brewing with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. here is what happened. house speaker john boehner invited the israeli leader to address a joint session of congress in march, and netanyahu will undoubtedly call for more sanctions. israel sees iran as a threat to its national security. the white house balked at the fact that the administration wasn't informed about netanyahu's visit or the speaker's plans to invite him. press secretary josh earnest calling it a breach in protocol knowing heads of state typically invite other heads of state. yesterday, nsc put out a statement with the official word, saying the president won't meet with the israeli prime minister because he is up for releks two weeks after his planned visit. a spokesperson saying as a matter of long-standing practice and principle, we do not see heads of state or candidates in close proximity to their elections so as to avoid the appearance of influencing a democratic election in a foreign country. well, the flap could undermine the united states relationship

with israel which is its closest alley in the region that's the broader concern. president obama heads to india seattle saturday to enhance relations. talks are expected to focus on defense, energy, and counterterrorism. back to you. >> kristin welker thank you so much. we're just getting started on the second hour of the rundown. coming up the conflict in ukraine takes a turn for the worst. take a look at these images the main airport, lying in ruins. and the president goes viral, sitting down with three youtube stars. the interviewer gave us this moment and reminder that sometimes words get lost in translation. >> whenever you go to somebody's house, you have to give them something. don't come empty handed. so i have green lip sticks. one for your first wife -- >> my first wife? do you know something i don't? >> oh, oh, for the first lady

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some didn't make it to come to the united states for a better life to get away from the castros. >> right. >> i mean the guy puts dick in dictateorship dictatorship. >> one of the more memorable moments from president obama's interviews with three youtube stars. doing what young people do these days, snapping selfies.

they talked to ronan farrow after the interviews. >> obviously i disagree with him on some of his answers. >> what? how you tell the people you disagree with the president and you just interviewed him. >> nobody has to agree with the president on everything. >> he is not going to invite you back to his house. >> you're in the house now, you don't need another invitation. >> ronan farrow joins me now. good to see you, buddy. >> good to see you, jose. >> a lot of people may be wondering why were these three young people picked? >> i think there's a fair argument that the white house needs these youtube personalities more than they need the white house. these three people collectively have 13 million regular subscribers. gloez he'll most popular video eating cinnamon out of a ladels racked up more than 42 million views, jose. that's not the kind of viewership you get in tv any more. by comparison, 3.17 million

watched tuesday's state of the union on traditional tv. that's the lowest tv viewership for a state of the union in 15 years, according to neilson data we got in. that's a huge change in how people consume content. the president is getting a fair amount of blow back for this howard kurtz at fox, media critic says it is beneath the dignity of the office a lot of similar commentary making the rounds. the truth is more people are watching these guys than those of us on traditional tv in a lot of cases. >> ronan, it is interesting. there were like first wife moment they did however ask the president some important issues drones boko haram and cuba. >> that's something i asked about. the arc of the interview they had with the president actually wasn't that substantively different than you would get with traditional journalists. they pointed out quickly in my conversation with them we are not trained reporters, they are personalities, trying to connect the audience that usually

doesn't interact with these issues with the presidency. nevertheless, they hit some real issues there, and the president answered them frankly. i think it is a sign of the times and a helpful sign that the white house is catching up with those times. >> if they get 42 million, i think you and i should start getting some of that green lipstick or something. >> i look forward to both segments with green lipstick. >> much more on his interview with the youtube interviewer coming up at 1:00 p.m. don't miss it an extraordinary show. coming up zoom through other top stories making news including a huge step forward in the fight against ebola and some alarming statistics about guns in carry on baggage. it might make you more patient next time you wait in a long security line at the airport. and the u.s. is pulling american staff out of the embassy in yemen where renewed concerns this morning of total government collapse there. and funeral fit for a king. 90-year-old saudi king abdullah

laid to rest today in saudi arabia. his name a top trend on twitter with more than 100,000 twitter mentions. 106,271 today.

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transition in saudi arabia how do you see it play out? >> this is an important moment. obviously saudi arabia is an important ally for us our battle against radicalist islam extremists. it is stability that's so important to us. it looks like this is a smooth transition, that's important. but we have to continue to make sure that as things go forward that stability continues to be the case there, since it is so different just south of saudi arabia in yemen. >> yeah let's talk about yemen. the situation seems to be unraveling there. never been very solid to begin with, but things are looking really bad. >> they are. it is concerning. we've now seen the president and prime minister step down. the question is how does the government go forward. what does it look like who is playing a role. this isn't just a situation where the parties in the country are the ones who are involved. you've got iran that's playing a

role there that is destabilizing in that country, and obviously we want some stability in yemen. the government has been helpful to us in our fight against terror and with aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula there, it is a big concern. we have to make sure we watch that closely. >> what's your read on negotiations iran and then some pressure by some democrats in the senate that maybe the sanctions should be put in place in case those negotiations fail? >> i appreciate the question. what needs to be made clear is no one is suggesting additional sanctions be imposed on iran now, no one, no one who thinks that iran needs additional pressure to make sure that they're serious about this deal. what has been discussed is a piece of legislation that would ultimately impose sanctions only if iran walks away only if they violate the deal. it is important to be clear. any long term deal with iran that addresses sanctions can't

really be completed without success or input of congress. congress has to lift sanctions if there's a deal everyone can agree to. >> congressman deutch thanks for being with me. >> thanks. we haven't talked about ukraine lately but that doesn't mean things have calmed down. the u.n. says the toll in the fight topped 5,000 dead. the fighting has grown worse. want to show you pictures. this is what the international airport looked like and look at it now. destroyed after months of fighting. the latest battlefield in this fight. ambassador, thanks for being with me. >> sure. >> it was a cease-fire back in september. what happened? didn't work. it didn't hold. there's de facto never really

been a cease-fire there. as you said in the last few days the fighting around the airport has increased dramatically with heavy artillery, heavy weapons, and finally it fell to the russian backed proxies. >> while we talk about other issues, all hell is breaking out there in ukraine. meanwhile, the president of russia says he's not involved doesn't have anything to do with it, that's the separatists and his hands are clean. >> yeah, he continues to say it defying all facts on the ground. there was a hint by the way a couple hours ago where a russian official said we agreed to withdraw our heavy weapons, so that was an admission that they're there, but the ukrainian government claims 10,000 russian soldiers are fighting in this battle. it is a real war between russia and its proxies, doesn't matter if they're exactly soldiers or not, they're proxies for russia

and ukraine, and unfortunately the cease-fire hasn't held and unfortunately at this point i would say russia is winning. >> ambassador do we as americans need to step up do something differently, support the ukrainian people in a different way than we have been doing it in the past? >> yes, in two ways. one most immediately, the ukrainian government is on the brink of economic meltdown. need a new imf package and money to get through 2015 and that needs to be the focus first because if the government and kiev collapses, that creates all kinds of opportunities for russia for further mischief in ukraine. down the line let's be blunt, the ukrainian military is not performing well on the battlefield. i think we have to revisit the question should there be training from the west should there be training from nato. >> that's a question we should be dealing with now and not wait until later. thanks for being with me. >> thanks for having me.

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team. as questions continue to swirl, the head coach and tom brady say they ran a clean game despite the scandal known as deflaet gate. fans and analysts aren't satisfied they have been given all of the answers. with me now, dante stallworth former nfl player who twice played as a patriot, caught four touchdown passes from tom brady. pleasure to see you, friend. >> good to be on. thanks for having me on jose. >> you have 35 touchdowns in the nfl, more than 300 career receptions. would you have noticed if that football or any football lacked air? >> you know what i think it depends on the significance of how much air pressure was doing it. i think one people are confused about, it is not two pounds of weight, it is two pounds of air pressure. there's a difference if it is 15% of what regulation is supposed to be. i'm not too sure during the course of a game i may have noticed, but if trying to single

one out personally maybe i could. definitely during the football game it is questionable if you would be able to notice or not. >> even if it is raining, cold, getting your mind set to catch a ball you know is intensely heavy and inflated, even with that you wouldn't have noticed if it were 10 or 15% less a air in it? >> speaking for new england and new england's situation, bill brown -- bill belichik i knew he puts his guys through the weather conditions that they'll be preparing for sunday he does it all week. he will soak the balls, whatever the case may be for that week he will get the guys prepared so when i heard that i just wasn't buying that they were trying to get advantage because of that reason. >> today we're hearing from other players on the patriots preparing for the super bowl.

how does a scandal like this play inside the locker room? >> we have the spy gate issue when i was there in 2007 and we were able to deal with it. i know that a lot of the guys felt like they tried, the media and people outside the locker room tried to tarnish what the new england patriots had done in the past years with the three super bowls, so those guys felt slighted. that really motivated us the rest of the season. that's the same that i think you'll see here. they're going to feel slighted like us against the world. people don't like the patriots outside of new england. that's just the issue that they have to deal with when you go to new england and you have to understand that. >> pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me. europe and the world are closely watching the election in greece. the ballot boxes are being set up around the nation ahead of pivotal demonstrations you remember those over the years because of budget cuts as they

tried to dig out of a mountain of debt. cnbc international correspondent joins us from athens. good morning. why is this election so important and being so closely watched? >> reporter: it is being watched by the international community, jose, because once again as a result of this election investors around the world and european leaders are worried about the stability of europe. but the financial system and political system all of the budget cuts you described that made people so unhappy, led to rioting, that's precisely why a man alexis see press, almost a communist, is likely to be the next prime minister of greece if the polls are correct when they go to the polls this sunday. he promised he is going to change some of those pension changes and salary cuts and will roll them back. here's the problem. greece still doesn't have enough money to do that.

in fact they're still borrowing money. they borrowed 240 billion euros worth, nearly 300 billion dollars of money, and still need more and the partners in europe, other countries, international organizations that have given greece all of the money are going to have a big fight with him. they're not going to want him to roll back salary cuts because they think greece still needs to maintain a balanced budget. so it is going to be a real fight and real showdown. there are some analysts who are wondering if it could lead to greece leaving the eurozone. that's a group of 18 nations that have come together and decided to have their own currency instead of when frans had the franc. now they only use one, the euro. but the stability has been questioned. i spoke with him earlier today, american investors have grown

concerned about whether or not investments in greece will be safe. i said should american investors be concerned? he said no, absolutely not, he is trying to achieve stability. we will see if that absolutely happens. back to you. >> it is interesting, michelle. been a couple of months almost more than a year since greece seemed to be stabilizing itself economically. now this comes. clearly this will have impact on all of us in the united states if there are drastic changes. thanks michelle. good to see you. six days of jury selection in the trial of alleged marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. 72 prospective jurors have been questioned, many expressing strong opinions about tsarnaev's guilt. that's pushing back opening arguments which was supposed to start this coming week. mike good to see you. >> good to see you, sir. >> tell us about the latest from the court today. >> well, they're questioning ten prospective jurors today. they talked to 72 so far,

questioning them both prosecution and defense and the judge. meanwhile, the defense filed another motion for change of venue, saying they can't find an impartial jury. the judge is hoping they can whittle it down to 60 or 70 jurors to pick from and get 12 jurors and six alternates for the jury. it is taking longer than expected. they hoped for opening statements next week that's now delayed. this questioning could go all week next week perhaps. >> mike as you say, his lawyers say 85% of jurors questioned show bias against tsarnaev or have some connection to the case. if that's accurate, maybe change of venue, is that the only way to get impartial trial? can you get that any place in the united states? >> i think the judge, judge o'toole, is trying to sift through all of the questionnaires, talk to as many jurors as they can. he is committed to having the trial here. he said he would revisit if they

couldn't get an impartial jury. they have not reached that point, they will continue on with questioning so they make every effort to have a jury seated in boston for the marathon bombing case. >> mike bello, thank you so much. we will keep a close eye on what's going on there. appreciate your time my friend. ebola vaccine, guns in luggage, outrage in argentina. let's zoom through the top stories. they're ready to test out an ebola vaccine. it will include health care workers, family members, burial teams. the trial process could take nine months to a year to complete. alarming statistic from the transportation and security administration. 2212 firearms were found in carry on bags at airports last year, 22% increase from the year before. more than 80% of guns loaded.

travelers with licensed guns are allowed to pack them unloaded and in checked bags only. go to argentina. the plot thickens in the death investigation of the prosecutor. autopsy reveals he was dead for 12 to 15 hours before medical services arrived at his apartment. he was accusing iran of being behind a 1994 bombing of a jewish center in argentina, and blamed the government for covering it up. he was found dead with a single bullet wound to the head sunday only hours before he was set to testify about his allegations. the argentina president is changing her tune. now she says she's convinced the death was not a suicide. new developments in the 2016 race for the white house. marco rubio taking a big step toward a presidential run. he is one of many republicans expected at an event, a big money event in palm springs. those details and more on the rundown.

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. we are staying on top of the 2016. he hired a new finance director and will visit primary states. rubio will be joining other potential contenders ted cruz rand paul scott walker koch brothers winter retreat in california. all vying to win the koch primary. nick, good to see you. >> hey, jose how are you? >> you write this is one of the most sought after invitations in republican politics. at the present tell us about it. >> it is a gathering of 400 top donors on the conservative side. if you're running for president in 2016 part of the equation is

who can i find that's rich to write a five six, seven figure check to the super pac backing my campaign. if i don't have those guys, i can't win. i am not sure there was a bigger assemblage than this event saturday and sunday. >> let's talk about the invite list, ted cruz rand paul marco rubio, and scott walker will be speaking. what's the significance of them being there? >> what's happening is the koch universe, which is also the cokes but also a lot of other donors, it is a way of saying here are new guys next generation of candidates who we are going to groom as stars. it is a big deal to get invited to speak at this. >> this annual meeting has been closed to the media, things are changing this year. what are you looking for? >> there's going to be a live web cast of the 2016 forum on

economic issues featuring ted cruz and rand paul and marco rubio. it's going to be the first time ever that any portion of this event has ever been public in any way and i think part of the decision is that look this is going to be a forum with three 2016ers and few hundred people in the room it is not a private event anyway. let's put it out there, have people weigh in and establish ourselves as an important stop in the invisible primary for all of these candidates. >> thanks for being with us this morning. koch brothers aren't the only ones having a conservative gathering. 2016 hopefuls are headed to des moines iowa area freedom for summit saturday. a couple of notable names won't be there. mitt romney and jeb bush won't. let's frame the debate what this means, abby huntsman crystal ball. good to see you both. >> abby talk mitt romney and

jeb bush. not many details from their meeting. week ago you said you don't think mitch should give it a third go. do you think jeb told him the same thing? >> probably not in the same language, but i imagine there was probably some talk about how serious both of them are about running what i think the big donors were hoping for that they would play a game of rock paper scissors, someone would come out as the winner and they would run. if you remember the big take away from romney last go around he is a nasty campaigner. if he is thinking about it it will make it more challenging for someone like jeb bush because they're very much in the same line. these are not men that are bfts. jeb came around last go around late to support mitt romney. this meeting was planned earlier. jeb was hoping to probably gain mitt romney support, now he is talking about running. so jeb had to decide do i cancel the meeting or keep it going. it is probably more awkward to cancel it. i imagine mitt romney didn't say

i am ready to pass the torch to you, i have a feeling they bolt came out of this still wanting to run. >> and rand paul had fun tweeting about the jeb, mitt meeting. gift exchange at today's meeting. a common core bracelet with note, thanks for the friendship. from jeb to mitt a charm with a note third time's a charm. what is rand paul doing. >> whenever you think of him, he is smart with social media. i have to go back to what you were saying, that jeb playing the rant that abby gave the commentary, mitt i have something i would like to you listen to. start with that. i mean as abby said when this meeting was conceived, the purported intent was likely very different. jeb bush was going in to sort of pay respects and the torch would be passed. now i have to think it was quite a bit more awkward.

i would say the more i think about this i don't think there's any way mitt romney could get through another republican primary and i definitely don't think he is the strongest contender to beat hillary clinton or whoever the democratic nominee is but i would actually say he has some advantages over jeb in terms of the primary. he said he will position to the right on immigration essentially, which unfortunately in the republican primary we've seen has been an advantage, and jeb does have an issue with the base in terms of common core educational stuff. mitt still has donors behind him to do it. >> and leading the polls. >> i can see him say jeb, i have the edge. >> let's talk about the immigration issue. the iowa summit steve king's idea. some of the names going this

weekend. why does he have so much pull in the party. >> it is amazing to see this play out, not totally surprising coming through the last primary with my dad seeing it close up. i think it is reminder to everyone including the establishment wing of the party how much influence the far right is still going to have come 2016. a lot of these guys know they have to have early support. you have the koch brothers hosting potential candidates as well and i think it points to the party being split between two different wings. you have the establishment wing why jeb and romney probably aren't going, and the far right, and they know if they want to get the money, if they want the motivation they need to win the early states they've got to be in iowa. although speaking of immigration, you're with someone that said some pretty offensive things on immigration, arguably the most important issue for 2016 for the party. they're going to have to speak. they're going to be asked do you associate with him, agree with things he said. that puts them in the hot seat.

>> and if that's the discussion going forward and if that's still the discussion in 2016 if the house and senate don't do anything substantial on immigration reform i think hillary clinton or whoever the democrat is keeps saying keep talking about it guys go at it. >> that's right. and democrats to that point are trying to make a lot of hey out of this event this weekend with steve king because he is so out there, he is so offensive. he really goes out of his way it seems not just to disagree on immigration reform but to actively offend people. and this is the problem for the republican party, what you have to do to get through the primary, appeal to social conservatives and far right in terms of economic issues puts you so far out of step with where the american people are. meanwhile, hillary clinton doesn't look in my mind unfortunately, doesn't look like she will have a tough primary challenge. she can situate herself wherever it is best for the american people. that's a huge advantage. >> it is interesting.

you have hillary and that's it. if she doesn't run, not sure who the democrats have. on the republican side you have up to 20 people. also interesting, rand paul won't be there. last time was there with steve king and ducked out of that awkward moment with the dreamers that approached him. >> thanks for being with me. great to have you on. >> thanks. >> catch the entire cycle at 3:00 p.m. eastern, noon pacific on msnbc. developing now, we learned that russian spy ship that was docked in the harbor of havana has apparently just left. the decks had sailors standing at attention when they left. the timing of the arrival raised eyebrows since it coincided with the beginning of historic talks with the u.s. in cuba maybe the work is done. roger fedderer down and out in the australian open he was upset by the 46th ranked.

first time since 2001 federer failed to make it to the fourth round. up next the patriots coach bill belichik and quarterback tom brady doing little to deflate the controversy we have come to deflate gate. that's the inspiration behind our five things foul play. right after the break. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me! get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. whoo! forty-four ladies, that's me! whoo...gonna get some cold cuts today!

i felt like we won the game fair and square so we ended up you know playing a great opponent and i thought our team went out and played a great game. >> new england patriots tom brady saying they beat the colts fair and square this past sunday. we were able to find a sound bite that doesn't include balls, first time in three days on

network television as we sort through deflate gate. five things that weren't fair in five things foul play. spy gate had to do with cameras, in 2007 the patriots were caught illegally filming signals of the opponent on the season opener. lance armstrong, remember this interview, seven time tour de france winner admitting to oprah that he used enhanced substances to improve cycle performances. number three, another ball scandal for you this morning, this one involving baseball and 1963 world series new york yankees pitcher whitey ford later admitted packing balls with mud, saying later i used enough mud to build a dam. and shoeless joe jackson, accused of purposely throwing the series against the cincinnati reds banned from

baseball for life. number five. rosie ruiz after the boston marathon. only problem, she cut the course. that would be like if i tried to get away with leaving after the first hour of the rundown, that would never happen. that wraps up the rundown. thank you for the privilege of your time. "newsnation" with tamron hall is next. have a great weekend.

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good morning, everyone. i am francis rivera in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now tributes pouring in from world leaders following the death of saudi arabia king abdullah a critical u.s. ally.

president obama praised him for, quote, taking bold steps in the arab peace initiative. and vice president biden says he will be leading an american delegation to saudi arabia in the coming days. following a funeral a couple of hours ago in the saudi capital, the king was buried according to muslim tradition in an unmarked grave. he died at age 90 after ruling 20 years. his 79-year-old half brother immediately ascended to the throne, seen here at the king's funeral this morning. he moved quickly to try to quiet fears of instability as time of major turmoil throughout the middle east. nbc's chief foreign richard engel joins us from istanbul turkey. richard, king abdullah was a key ally in the war on terror. what's the possible impact of his death, especially here at home? >> reporter: i don't think you're going to see major changes. saudi arabia has stressed the importance of continuity. saudi arabia works very closely

behind the scenes with u.s. counter terrorism officials, with u.s. intelligence. in particular if you look what happened in saudi arabia in the last 24 hours, you saw the king pass away, a new king passed a new crown prince named and a new deputy. we saw a whole new generation put in place, and it is particular the number three in line muhammad beknife is now head of counterterrorism in saudi arabia works closely with u.s. officials. td fact that he is seen at the forefront of fighting al qaeda has been elevated is a positive sign to many in washington. >> and safe to say, king abdullah was sometimes a troublesome ally critics call him an absolute